I gave in and bought "Through the Fire and Flames." Parts of it are surprisingly playable, even some of the solos, on 'Hard' difficulty. But I still had to turn on no fail to get through the whole song. I plan on springing it on some of my friends at a party next week and see how it goes.

and Diary of a Madman, fans will be able to download a new 8-pack of songs for the Rock Band platform on May 31st. The tracklist includes
"Mr. Crowley,"
"Steal Away (The Night),"
"I Don't Know,"
"Flying High Again,"
"Over the Mountain,"
"Diary of a Madman,"
"Mama, I'm Coming Home" (pack only),
and "Bark at the Moon" (pack only).

Looks like no cherry picking if you want either of those two last songs

and Diary of a Madman, fans will be able to download a new 8-pack of songs for the Rock Band platform on May 31st. The tracklist includes
"Mr. Crowley,"
"Steal Away (The Night),"
"I Don't Know,"
"Flying High Again,"
"Over the Mountain,"
"Diary of a Madman,"
"Mama, I'm Coming Home" (pack only),
and "Bark at the Moon" (pack only).

Looks like no cherry picking if you want either of those two last songs

And i've been thinking about picking up the keyboard for this game...

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TOOOOOOTALLY down for this! That is, whenever it is that I'll actually be able to purchase things again...

Well, the Ozzy pack is the normal price for an 8=pack but with 2 Pro-guitar/bass upgrades thrown in for free for the 2 pack-only songs...
So this expirement pretty much screws both legacy and pro players...

Pro-guitar players apparently only want to buy the songs with Pro upgrades...
If they could have cherry picked the songs they only would have bought Mama, I'm Coming Home, Bark at the Moon and Mr. Crowley for $9, now they have to buy 5 extra legacy tracks for $13.49, songs they will probably never play...
And people who only want Mama and Bark get screwed in a similair way...
And as of right now there is no chance that those 2 songs will be released as single song DLC...